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LMPD investigating shooting near Smyrna

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting at a home in Southern Jefferson County that happened on Maple Way near Smyrna Friday night.

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Updated: 12:33 PM EDT Jun 9, 2015

LMPD investigating shooting near Smyrna

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting at a home in Southern Jefferson County that happened on Maple Way near Smyrna Friday night.

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Updated: 12:33 PM EDT Jun 9, 2015

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WEBVTT YOUR COMPLETE NEWS COVERAGE FOR GREATER LOUISVILLE STARTS RIGHT NOW. VICKI: GOOD EVENING, I'M VICKI DORTCH. LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT A HOME IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT HAPPENED ON MAPLE WAY NEAR SMYRNA FRIDAY NIGHT. WLKY'S CHRISTINA MORA JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS CHRISTINA. THE HOMEOWNER'S SON SAYS 3 MEN BUSTED INTO THEIR GARAGE AND ATTACKED HIM. CHRISTINA HE SAYS ONE OF THE : SUSPECTS SHOT AT HIM AND HIS DAD. THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS HIS DAD GOT HIS OWN GUN AND FIRED BACK. MAPLE DRIVE IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IS QUIET TODAY, AFTER A SCARY WEEKEND THAT LEFT A FAMILY ON EDGE. NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR THE DOOR WHISTLE OPEN, I LOOK BEHIND ME, I GET PISTOL-WHIPPED AND HE STARTS TELLING EVERYBODY TO GET DOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND OUTS THE GUN TO MY HEAD, BUT I GET AWAY. CHRISTINA DYLAN SENG SAYS HE WAS : WITH FRIENDS IN HIS GARAGE FRIDAY NIGHT, WHEN 3 MEN FORCED THEIR WAY INSIDE, AND BEGAN TO ATTACK HIM. HE SAYS ONE OF THE MEN HAD A GUN. I RAN UP TO MY BACK DOOR AND HE COMES RUNNING AFTER ME AND HE PUTS THE GUN TO MY HEAD AGAIN AND HE TRIES TO PULL THE TRIGGER AND IT JAMS. CHRISTINA SENG SAYS THE MAN ALSO : SHOT AT HIS DAD WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE PORCH. THAT'S WHEN HE SAYS HIS DAD FOUGHT BACK, AND GRABBED HIS OWN GUN. MY DAD COMES UP AND HE TRIES TO PULL ME AWAY AND THEN HE PULLS THE GUN ON MY DAD AND SAYS HE'S GONNA KILL HIM AND HE GOT THE GUN AND SHOT HIM. CHRISTINA AFTER THE MAN WAS : SHOT, SENG SAYS ALL 3 MEN RAN FROM THE HOUSE. AUTHORITIES FOUND THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN SHOT, IN BULLITT COUNTY. HE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. RIGHT NOW, POLICE SAY THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CASE. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AT THIS POINT.

LMPD investigating shooting near Smyrna

Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting at a home in Southern Jefferson County that happened on Maple Way near Smyrna Friday night.